Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service GTRexclude chipping evident in the blue

chipping evident in the blue enamels on both centrepiece rings and in the white enamels on the left arm on the reverse

Vienna (second model by this maker

a 1915 War Merit Cross

Footnote: The medal was instituted on the September 6

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service GTRexclude chipping evident in the blue(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a recipient in First World War service featuring six decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown,